Joju help Aldi with large Solar Electricity installation

Aldi West Oxford Donates its Roof To The Environment

June 24th, 2010: Award winning solar specialist, Joju and West Oxford Community Renewables Ltd (WOCR) – an award winning social enterprise - have today unveiled a 50kw solar panel array on the roof of Aldi’s West Oxford store.

Joju Ltd Helps KT Tunstall Make Green Music

Joju Ltd works with City and Hackney Mind to install solar panel array in singer’s vegetable patch

October 15th, 2009: Hackney based solar installation specialist Joju Ltd has today announced the go live of the array at the Berkshire home of rock sensation and eco-warrior KT Tunstall.  The singer who shot to fame with her debut Eye to the Telescope has unplugged her Hungerford studio from the National Grid and intends to use the power of the sun to record her next album.

Joju Ltd’s training and use of workers from City and Hackney Mind, a local association of England’s foremost mental health charity, played a big part in Tunstall’s decision to appoint them to the project.  Through its employment service, City and Hackney Mind is dedicated to helping their clients back into the workplace.

Jamie King from City and Hackney Mind said, ‘Working with employers like Joju who have a positive attitude to mental health is brilliant; our clients have benefited enormously and we are working together to break down stigma surrounding mental ill health and help people back to work.’

Joju linked up with City and Hackney Mind this year when they both walked away with prizes at the recent Hackney Business Awards.

Speaking from her solar powered studio, Tunstall said,

“Ethical entrepreneurialism is the positive future of being human!  Any company that helps others whilst achieving honest success is worthy of great respect.”

The array, which shares its home with Tunstall’s vegetable patch, is the latest in a series of green initiatives that have been undertaken by the singer and continues her deep-rooted, serious, commitment to protecting the environment.   It is expected that the panels will generate about 5,000 KWh of electricity a year, which is more than she will need.   An average house uses about 3,500 kWh of electricity per year for lights and appliances.  Any excess will be sold back to the National Grid.  Tunstall is currently working on her highly anticipated next album and hopes to use the studio to record it.

“I have a passion for the planet and am at my happiest when I feel in harmony with it. The natural world is in crisis and we are in a position to alleviate it.  If Britain goes solar, we can drastically reduce the negative impact of fossil fuel usage and save money on our electricity bills. It would be an amazing thing to witness in our lifetimes,”

said Tunstall.

Tunstall is not the only one who is investing in solar at home.  Solar installation specialist, Joju Ltd, who led the project, is experiencing a lot more interest in consumer arrays.  They believe that this is because it is now more affordable and delivers a great way of protecting the environment without having to sacrifice the way people live.

Joseph Michaels, Founder, Joju Ltd, said,

“We are experiencing an explosion of interest in panels for the home.  With solar, people can not only reduce their impact on the environment but take control of the cost of their energy as well.  There is no better time than now to get involved.  A capital grant is currently available from the Government and next year we hope to see the creation of a new feed-in tariff that will make generating your own renewable electricity and selling energy back to the Grid very attractive indeed.”

KT Tunstall's solar array goes live today.

Mayor of Hackney's Business Awards 2009

Celebrating excellence in business - 28th April 2009

The Awards are now in their fourth year and were set up to recognise and celebrate the excellence and diversity of businesses in the borough of Hackney.

On the evening of 28th April 2009, Joju Ltd received the award for Best Environmental Practice, recognising our commitment to improving the environment through the design & installation of solar PV systems.

  Read more... at the official website for the borough of Hackney.

And a recent nod...

Archant highly commended

We recently came mighty close to the top green / environmental prize at the Archant Business Awards for the North & West London region.

And a little publicity...

We recently undertook a project in Wolvercote, near Oxford, which you can read about in the following press cutting. Please visit the projects page for more details (PDF) on this recent installation.

And a few testimonials...

Wolvercote Village Hall's management committee selected JoJu from a number of companies pitching for our solar PV project. Why? Because of the wealth of advice and assistance which they offered even before the project got off the ground. From help finding suitable grant finance and form filling, to sending a representative to explain the technicalities of the project to grant-funding bodies, JoJu helped make our solar dream a reality. They also assisted gaining the planning permission required, answering council officer's questions about the impact of the scheme on the locality. Finally, when the finance was in place, during the construction phase they kept us fully informed and allowed us to keep the hall open and running smoothly throughout the build, taking any problems – such as the discovery of cement/asbestos roof tiles – in their stride. I can honestly say that we are delighted with the results and hope we have set an example that other public buildings in Oxford will follow.

Tim Metcalfe
Chairman of Trustees of Wolvercote Village Hall
(10kW install)

We have, I feel a ´Rolls Royce´ installation and I recommend Joju without any reservations.

Chris Adams, residential home-owner, (5kW install)

I just thought I should record at this stage just how pleased I am with the job you did for me. Thank you.

Simon Rowley, residential owner, (1.3kW install)